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After marijuana was discovered in a bathroom in a restricted area of the Arizona Corporation Commission offices, Chairman Gary Pierce today asked his fellow commissioners to consent to drug tests and a search of their offices by a drug-sniffing dog. Since the material was found in the wing (where the commissioners' offices are located), I feel the need to prove to the best of my ability that my decisions at the commission are not made under the influence of marijuana, and that I am not responsible for its presence in the...bathroom" Pierce said.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission decided three years ago that homebuilders should pay the cost of extending power lines to new houses, but some lawmakers now want to go back to the way things used to be and force utility companies to foot the bill. Landowners and groups that represent contractors, such as the Home Builders Association of Central Arizona, argue that requiring homebuilders to pay for the power line extensions has stunted growth, especially in rural areas where home sites are less likely to be situated near preexisting power lines. And they've found an ally in Sen. Sylvia Allen, a Snowflake Republican who has sponsored a bill to reverse the Corporation Commission's policy.
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Arizona has long been one of the fastest-growing states in the country. But debate over who pays for that growth has flared up after a series of decisions by the Arizona Corporation Commission that put the bill squarely in the hands of the builders. In July 2007, the Corporation Commission reversed a policy of more than 50 years that forced Arizona Public Service, the largest energy provider in the state, to extend its power lines at no cost to any development within 1,000 feet of an existing line. Subsequent decisions in 2008 changed similar policies for Tucson Electric Power and UniSource Energy Services.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission voted on Oct. 5 to close a division office in Southern Arizona as it grapples with funding woes resulting from the governor's budget veto and from legislative inaction to fix the problem. By a vote of 3-to-2, commissioners decided to shut down the Corporations Division office in Tucson but retain its employees. The hope is that once the Legislature restores the division's budget, those employees would return.
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The first Republican challenger to the Democrats' "Solar Team" emerged Monday as Scottsdale Republican Susan Bitter Smith filed an exploratory committee for the Arizona Corporation Commission. Smith, former president of the Central Arizona Project board of directors, said she would bring years of water and energy management experience to the board. Smith said she had hoped to use that expertise in Congress - she ran several campaigns, most recently in 2010 - but the Corporation Commission would an ideal fit.
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Mike Gleason has retired five times, but he just can't seem to get the hang of it. Mike Gleason served in the Arizona House, is on the Corporation Commission and consistently rides more than 20 miles on his bike during weekends. Not bad, for an 80-year-old bored with racquetball.
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Even though Arizona's population has remained stagnant since the onset of the economic recession, Gary Pierce says members of the Arizona Corporation Commission should be planning as far as half a century into the future to be ready for the growth that will happen. We're going to have to plan. Fifty years from now there will be natural growth," says Pierce, 58, a Republican from Mesa who is completing his first term as commissioner.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission reported that the 10 railroad crossings for which it fined Union Pacific Railroad Company $100,000 have been repaired and resurfaced using reinforced concrete, and the fine has been paid. The fine, the largest penalty in Arizona history for crossing maintenance violations, was imposed May 13.
